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Share this Article You are free to share this article under the Attribution 4.0 International license. Researchers have identified mechanisms in the brain’s hippocampal network that ketones rescue. These findings in mice build on previous research showing that ketones can alleviate neurological and cognitive effects. As we age our brain naturally b

Share this Article You are free to share this article under the Attribution 4.0 International license. Adult heterosexual men with sexist and homophobic views can potentially improve their attitudes toward gay men and women by engaging in critical dialogues that use illustrations as a springboard, according to a new study. The process by which peop

Share this Article You are free to share this article under the Attribution 4.0 International license. A team of scientists has now identified how our brains work to process phrases that include negation (i.e., “not”). When we’re told “This coffee is hot” upon being served a familiar caffeinated beverage at our local diner or cafe, […]

Share this Article You are free to share this article under the Attribution 4.0 International license. From ominous and unsettling to daunting and dire, meteorologists have no shortage of adjectives to describe what the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season has in store. In their most aggressive outlook ever, forecasters at the National Oceanic and Atmosp

He found it on his birthday in his own backyard. Worth a Mint Talk about buried treasure. A Colorado dinosaur hunter is set to rake in millions of dollars after finding an almost complete 150-million-year-old stegosaurus skeleton. The fossil is set to go on auction at Sotheby’s this summer, CNN reports, but some dino scholars […]

OpenAI has raised tens of billions of dollars to develop AI technologies that are changing the world. But there’s one glaring problem: it’s still struggling to understand how its tech actually works. During last week’s International Telecommunication Union AI for Good Global Summit in Geneva, Switzerland, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman was

Image by Getty / Futurism In clinical trials, a new male birth control gel seems to adequately reduce sperm count without decreasing libido — though, importantly, it remains to be seen whether it actually prevents pregnancy. As NBC reports, the phase 2 trials of the new gel, which contains testosterone and a synthetic hormone called Nesterone that&

“I apologize to those who were excited for this project to happen.” Diva Down Billionaire fashion entrepreneur Yusaku Maezawa has canceled his much-buzzed-about space tourism flight, citing readiness problems with SpaceX’s Starship rocket. First announced in 2018, the tourism voyage, dubbed “dearMoon,” planned to carry

“Seems extremely unsafe, essentially driving around with mirrors on your car.” Wax on, Wax Off In an apparent attempt to make his Tesla Cybertruck stand out even more on the road, owner Tyson Garvin machine polished his pickup’s stainless steel “exoskeleton” to a mirrored finish, an ordeal that took a whole team an ent

This is genius. What Comes Up The architects behind the Burj Khalifa in Dubai — the world’s tallest building, for those keeping score — are teaming up with a startup to turn future skyscrapers into massive, gravity-powered batteries. Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), an engineering and architecture firm that’s also worked on the One